Nope. Convenience, produce always has to be of a certain quality.
If I'm in town I will use a local butchers. Don't really have any fruit and veg shops near me.

I'm a lazy cunt too. I want it washed and prepped.

alt. Depends what with. ketchup with a full english, brown on a sausage/bacon barm.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:21, 3 replies, latest was 11 years ago)

i always feel that ready chopped vegetables are not quite as fresh somehow
i suspect this may be because i am an illogical idiot
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:22, Reply)

When I cook after work I just use frozen, which never tastes as good.
Cooking for company, always fresh.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:26, Reply)

Don't they say frozen is actually fresher than fresh veg?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:35, Reply)

Doesn't taste it.

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:35, Reply)

Certainly for peas, yes
Those Birds Eye veg mix things are good for when you are in a hurry though
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:37, Reply)

If Badge was here I am sure he would explain it better
But it is something to do with the water in the cells expanding due to the freezing process so although technically they are fresher (or preserved from a fresher point) due to the degradation in the cell wall they can taste different to proper fresh.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:39, Reply)

Surely if they're flash frozen they should be okay?

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:41, Reply)

I would think there is still some damage done
I could well be talking out of my arse though. It wouldn't be the first time/.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:42, Reply)

The ones in individual portion microwave packs?
Yeah, we use them. They're very handy.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:40, Reply)

individual family of 6
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:43, Reply)

They are canny, yes
There's some generic mixed veg for the freezer though that only take 2 mins to cook
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:43, Reply)

apparently you're quite a fan of the brown
#santorum
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:23, Reply)

You said this the other day, yet you were the only one who knew what it meant...

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:26, Reply)

yeah, it's a very obscure term and not right at the top of google searches for 'Santorum'
It was in the news during the 2012 US presidential elections, do you not keep up with current events which don't involve 'celebs'?
(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:28, Reply)

Leave me be

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:35, Reply)

Why would I search for it though?

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:35, Reply)

just saying that it's not some obscure term, it's pretty widely known, though I doubt it was covered in Heat or Inside Soap, which might explain why you hadn't heard of it.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:37, Reply)

I'd never heard of it until you mentioned it

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:38, Reply)

you're notoriously pedestrian though

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:39, Reply)

I'm sorry that my previous shitty foam experience is limited, compared to you

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:40, Reply)

I'll excuse you, but only this time

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:41, Reply)

Just go in dry
Problem solved
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:43, Reply)

I do prefer dry.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:51, Reply)

spit and shove

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 12:00, Reply)

innit.
He's a wrongun and no mistake.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:42, Reply)

You've been in Manchester too long when you call a stottie a barm

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:29, Reply)

Batch.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:31, Reply)

*shakes head*

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:34, Reply)

They don't do stotties here.
I miss it's elastic, bready goodness.

The only pease pudding comes tinned :(
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:35, Reply)

Oh man
I'm so sorry
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:36, Reply)

I know. I'm at peace with it now.
They don't even do Parmo's in takeaways. I'm not too keen on them anyway.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:43, Reply)

Never had a parmo
I want one though
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:44, Reply)

I;m not a fan of anything in breadcrumbs.
It's a bit *too* council.
( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:47, Reply)

says the Housing Benefit fraudster.

(dozers, do fuck off ur a nob m8, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:52, Reply)

TELL IT TO THE JUDGE.

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:59, Reply)

i think a piece of haddock
lightly fried in breadcrumbs is nicer than batter
( rachelswipe with a fork, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:55, Reply)

SHIT VEGGIE^

(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:58, Reply)

Your Missu gave me a Parmo last night
*shakes head at inevitability"
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:47, Reply)

Palmo, shirley?

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 12:04, Reply)

I was very confused when I first moved up north
and was offered a Barm, I had to ask her to repeat herself a couple of times before I realised it was a roll.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:35, Reply)

See also
being offered 'a poke' in Scottish shops.
( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:36, Reply)

Fucking McPervert

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:37, Reply)

The special edition Big Mac never took off...

( GeordieJay Bummers are deaf, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:47, Reply)

Yep
You then get thrown out as you drop your trousers.
(Bonzodog29 is an unemployed sponge of the worst kind, Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:38, Reply)

"D'ye want that deep fried?"

( b3th Not shit. Not mod., Thu 23 Jan 2014, 11:39, Reply)